Significant “ fugitive ” methane emissions have been discovered streaming from oil and gas facilities across the UK, prompting calls for the Government to tackle the “ lowest hanging fruit ” in the fight against climate change. Trackers found that six of seven National Grid compressor stations were sending methane into the atmosphere, including two potential “ super-emitters ” that were among the largest documented in Europe. Scientists have also found methane emissions from sites near the Cop26

BRUSSELS/ LONDON( REUTERS)-The potent greenhouse gas methane is spewing out of natural gas infrastructure across the European Union because of leaks and venting, video footage made available to Reuters shows. Using a €100, 000( S$ 160, 000) infrared camera, non-profit Clean Air Task Force( CATF) found methane seeping into the atmosphere at 123 oil and gas sites in Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Romania this year. Methane, the biggest cause of climate change after ca